Port Arthur police have identified a suspect in the slaying of a Port Arthur woman who was found dead Friday.

Officers found the body of Betty Davis, 69, inside her home in the 2200 block of Shirley when they went to check on her welfare.

Davis had been dead for some time, and evidence indicated the death was not natural causes, Sgt. Terry Chance said, adding that the cause of death was not being released pending corroboration of details provided by a suspect being questioned in the case.

"Detectives from Port Arthur interviewed a nephew in Harris County Jail on unrelated charges and he implicated himself in the crime," said Sgt. Terry Chance.